Trump's Midterm Strategy Blunders: A Texas Senate Seat Hangs in the Balance
The Texas Senate seat is in play due to President Donald Trump's sagging approval ratings and his handling of the GOP primary.
Ken Paxton, the scandal-scarred attorney general, lags behind Democratic opponent James Talarico in several recent polls.
Talarico has outraised Paxton by enormous margins, giving the Democrat the resources to compete in a huge and expensive state that the GOP did not plan to defend so fiercely.